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λ3Λαβαῖςwith handles[Meaning] with touchings, or with pretexts, or with blame. But [sc. also also attested is the phrase] "bi-mouthed handles", [meaning] the ears of the mixing-bowl, or those which have openings on both sides; or …highmedium
λ8ΛάβραξbassA kind of fish. And [there is] a proverb: 'Milesian basses'. The appellation was applied because its mouth gapes open and it swallows the bait readily and eagerly [la/brws]; consequently it is easily caught. …highmedium
λ10ΛαβρώνιονlabronionA kind of drinking-vessel. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] labrw/nios.highshort
λ12Λάγαναmeal-cakes[Meaning] flat-cakes, like dry [ones]. From the [adjective] lagaru/ ["thin"]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "[him] starving and eating nothing." "And when David had sacrificed in honor of the relocation of the ark …highshort
λ13Λαγαρόνslack, flat[Meaning something] rather hollow. "But they contrived [defenses] that by slackness or simplicity sufficed against the archers." And in the Epigrams: "and the skin hangs slack on my neck." And elsewhere: "because for you …highshort
λ14Λαγαριζόμενονscraping a livingAristophanes [writes]: "when [the allies] have perceived the [rest of the] rabble scraping a living out of a voting-urn and munching on nothing."highshort
λ25ΛάγοςLagos, LagusProper name. [sc. It was he] who married Arsinoe, the mother of Ptolemaios the Saviour. This Ptolemaios, not related to him at all, Lagos in fact exposed upon a bronze shield. And a story …highmedium
λ26Λαγωβολεῖονhare-net[Meaning something] in which they catch hares.highshort
λ28Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκαfor a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figsA proverb directed against those reckoning things as valuable in [a situation of] necessity. Interpretation of a dream: a hare appearing makes an unlucky path [of life].highshort
λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his lifeA proverb: for the hare [is] a cowardly animal. Hence a man from Rhegium was called a hare; for they used to satirize the people of Rhegium for cowardice. There is a proverb: 'the …highmedium
λ31Λαγῴοιςon hares[Meaning] on the flesh of the hare. Aristophanes [writes]: "[with the revenue] from which twenty thousand of the common people [could live] on hares and all sorts of garlands."highshort
λ32Λάγυνοςflask, flagon[Meaning] the all-receiving.highshort
λ33Λάγυνοςflask, flagon"Lie there straightway for the Cyprian, o drunken-stumbling flask, now dedicated, cousin of the nectar-sweet Bacchic goblet, moist-voiced, fellow banqueter at the fairly-distributed feast, narrow-necked one, daughter of the sharing token, self-taught servant to …highshort
λ60Λάκκοςpit, reservoir, tank[The] Athenians and the other Greeks dig holes under ground, making them wide with four rounded corners, plaster the sides, and put wine and oil in them; and these they called lakkoi.highshort
λ71ΛάκτινpestleWhat they call a stirrer, a ladle, which is [to say] a soup-ladle. "Well-made pestle".highshort
λ106Λαμυρόνgreedy, wanton[Meaning] sweet-speaking, facile, astonishing, pleasant. In the Epigrams: "man-destroying passion shoots his fire-breathing bows and laughs keenly with greedy eyes". And elsewhere: "the potions were quenched, and the greedy toasts of the goblets". Also …highshort
λ118Λαπίστριαswaggerer-woman[She who is] puffed up, unstable, wishing to be feasted.highshort
λ119Λάπτεινto lap[Meaning] to empty out. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] la/ptontes ["they lapping"], [meaning] they drinking with the tongue. Concerning those who lapped their tongues [sic], look in the 'Gideon' [entry].highshort
λ120Λαρινεύεινto fattenThe [verb that means] to feed up.highshort
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen[Meaning] the ones from Epirus, [named] after Larinus the oxherd who stole the oxen of Heracles -- as Lykos of Rhegion [states] -- when [Heracles] brought the oxen of Geriones. But Proxenos [says] that …highmedium
λ122Λαρινόςfat, fatted[Meaning] sweet.highshort
λ133Λάσαναcauldrons[Meaning] large pots, for cooking, in which meat is prepared for the [sc. Athenian] council after sacrifices.highshort
λ140ΛασταυροκάκκαβονlastaurokakkabonIt is a particular food mentioned in Chrysippus, in his [treatise] On the Fine and Pleasurable; its preparation would be rather troublesome.highshort
λ142Λαταγεῖαwine-vesselsand [sc. also attested] in the feminine [accusative plural], la/tagas ["wine-drops"].highshort
λ143Λάταξwine-drip[Meaning] a big drop [of wine]. In the Epigrams: "but the drunkards I will leave behind, those who delight in the twinings of wine-drops."highshort
λ156Λαφυγμόςedacity, gourmandising[Meaning] gluttony, and extragavance in eating; that is, [one] out of the ordinary, expensive luxury. Eating greedily. Eupolis in Flatterers [writes]: "[he/she/it] will be devoured with altogether vigorous edacity". Homer [writes]: "and [sc. a …highshort
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down[Meaning] having torn to pieces, having feasted without restraint. Aelian [writes]: "these eagles will gulp down the elephants' innards, he showing the banners." "And when the Persians happen across some wells, they gulp water …highshort
λ159Λαφύστιοςgourmandising, greedy[Meaning] gluttonous.highshort
λ160Λαχανείαherb-garden, vegetable-garden[no gloss]highshort
λ161Λαχανηρόνherbal, vegetable[no gloss]highshort